Town end their Austria training camp with two friendlies on Saturday, against Slovakian side Spartak Trnava and then Flyeralarm Admira.

The Blues have been training using lower league Austrian club SC LAA’s facilities in Laa an der Thaya, north of Vienna.

“We’ve had a really good week here in Austria,” captain Sam Morsy told the club site.

“There has of course been a lot of hard work on the training pitch but we have also benefited from having so much time together as a team, eating all our meals together and spending time together between sessions.

“All of that is very important and we’re looking forward to ending the week with two games.

“Getting minutes is important at this time of the year and I think we will all benefit from that.”

Today was their final training day before they take on Spartak Trnava at 11am CEST (10am BST) on Saturday morning in a behind-closed-doors game at their training venue.

The Slovakians were third in the Fortuna Liga, the top division, last season and qualified for the Europa Conference League. More details on Spartak can be found in a TWTD blog here.

The Blues are then set to field a different team as they face Flyeralarm Admira, also known as Admira Wacker, at their motion_invest Arena in Mödling at the revised time of 4pm CEST (3pm BST).

Admira finished 10th in the Admiral Second League, the second tier of Austrian football, last season having been relegated from the top division, the Austrian Bundesliga the previous year after finishing bottom.

The second game is open to supporters with tickets available from the Gäste Tickets office at £10 for adults and £5 for under-14s.

New keeper Cieran Slicker could potentially make his first appearance in a Town shirt in one of the matches, although the Blues have taken four number ones on the trip, Christian Walton, Vaclav Hladky and Nick Hayes in addition to the former Manchester City man.

George Hirst, whose permanent move to Town was finally confirmed yesterday, hasn’t joined up with the squad in Austria but will be reunited with his teammates on their return next week having picked up a knock at the end of last season.

The Blues will be back in Austria to compete in the Innsbruck Cup on Friday 28th July where they will take on German Bundesliga sides RB Leipzig and SV Werder Bremen in two 60-minute matches.

A list of Town's pre-season matches which have been announced can be found here.

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ajs83 added 17:04 - Jul 14 4pm CEST is 3pm BST not 5pm BST
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uefa1981 added 17:46 - Jul 14 Yep I am going tomorrow and been confused about the kick off time since it was announced!
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PhilTWTD added 18:23 - Jul 14 ajs83 Yes, my error, 4pm over there, 3pm here.
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PhilTWTD added 18:32 - Jul 14 uefa1981 It's definitely 4pm in Austria, was changed in the week having been initially advertised as 3pm there and 5pm here.
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 18:53 - Jul 14 Some wacky names in there - at least to English ears. I'm just glad we play at Portman Road and not the motion_invest Arena!
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algarvefan added 21:00 - Jul 14 PhilTWTD is there any news on Town's new TV channel yet? I am one of Town's many Foreign Legion, I live and work in Portugal and have had live football the last 2 years on ifollow being abroad, do you know if this service will continue????
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Europablue added 08:40 - Jul 15 algarvefan I'm in the same boat as I live in Luxembourg, soon to be Germany and I'm keen to sign up to watch all Town matches live. Obviously, they are working on things behind the scenes, but it would be nice to have an announcement about it. They will have to say something soon as they said that the Innsbruck Cup on Friday 28th July will be on Town TV.
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troyparrotsleftear added 09:19 - Jul 15 in these games it will be interesting to see if pigot features as he should
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number8 added 09:51 - Jul 15 At this point of proceedings, it's only about the fitness of the squad.
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